Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge

Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge
Carries 6 lanes of I-95
Crosses Susquehanna River
Locale Havre de Grace, Maryland and Perryville, Maryland
Maintained by Maryland Transportation Authority
ID number 300000H-X907010
Design Steel Truss – Deck
Total length 1,542.6 metres (5,061 ft)
Width 25 metres (82 ft)
Clearance below 27.4 metres (90 ft)
Opened 1963; 48 years ago (1963)
Toll $5.00 (northbound) (E-ZPass)
Daily traffic 74275 (in 2001)

The Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge is located on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway in Maryland and carries Interstate 95 over the Susquehanna River between Cecil County and Harford County. Its annual traffic is 29 million vehicles.[1]

The toll bridge is named for Millard Tydings (1890–1961), a long-time political figure in Maryland and a U.S. Senator from 1927–1951. It was constructed between January, 1962 and November, 1963. The bridge crosses between bluffs high above the river valley, and is posted with warning signs "Subject to Crosswinds."

It was opened in 1963, and along with the highway, was dedicated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy on Thursday, November 14, 1963, only eight days before he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. The highway was renamed in 1964 as a memorial to him.

It is a toll facility, one of 8 operated by the Maryland Transportation Authority. The toll is levied only on northbound traffic. Cars and other two-axle vehicles pay $5.00. Larger vehicles pay an added $5.00 per additional axle.

References

  1. ^ Maryland Transportation Authority

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